FIFA World Cup 2018 Prize money

Have you ever wondered how much the team winning the most popular single sports tournament gets in terms of money? On this page, you will get to know how much money the teams will make in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. One thing is sure that no team will go empty-handed from Russia as the team finishing the last that is 32nd will also even get 8 million US dollars.

This year FIFA has increased the prize money for the teams competing in the world cup and the increase has been from 8% to 33%, the winner of 2018 FIFA World Cup will get 38 million US dollars which is 8.75% increase from the previous world cup in which the champions got 35 million US dollars. However, the maximum increase in terms of percentage is made for the teams finishing 9th to 16th place where each team will get 12 Million USD from the 9 million USD awarded in the last years’ competition. No change is made in the prize money for the teams finishing 17th to 32nd as they will continue to get 8 million US dollars. The Indian Rupee equivalent of 38 Million is 250 crore rupees approximately which the world cup winner will get.

Position

2014 World Cup

USD million

2018 World Cup

USD million

Change

Per team

Total

Per team

Total

% Increase per Team

Champions

35

35

38

38

8.75

Runners-up

25

25

28

28

12

Third place

22

22

24

24

9.09

Fourth place

20

20

22

22

10

5th-8th place

14

56

16

64

14.29

9th-16th place

9

72

12

96

33

17th-32nd place

8

128

8

128

0

Total

358

400

Below is the table which converts USD 38 million to some of the world’s popular currencies. As the exchange rate of 15th November 2017 is considered, these amounts could change.